Laws and Rules: Florida Respiratory Care Board

Contact Hour(s): 

2 Contact Hours

Author: 

Brittane Strahan, MSN, RN, CCRP

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: 

Respiratory Care Practitioner, Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals: 

Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353

Course Description: 

This course discusses the updated rules and laws regarding respiratory therapist licensure, continuing education, scope of care, and disciplinary actions in Florida.

Outcomes: 

≥ 92% of participants will know the current rules and laws for respiratory therapists in Florida.

Objectives: 

After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

1. Recognize appropriate information sources for Florida's respiratory therapist rules and laws.
2. Define the respiratory therapist’s scope of practice in Florida.
3. Apply current licensing and renewal requirements for respiratory therapists in Florida.
4. Outline the services provided by respiratory therapists in Florida.
5. Apply principles of ethics as they relate to a respiratory therapist’s care of patients in Florida.
6. Summarize possible violations that may be grounds for disciplinary action in Florida.

Disclosures: 

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.